[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37243-37246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17853]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 95

[Docket No. 29265; Amdt. No. 410]


IFR Altitudes; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment adopts miscellaneous amendments to the required 
IFR (instrument flight rules) altitudes and changeover points for 
certain Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes for which a 
minimum or maximum en route authorized IFR altitude is prescribed. This 
regulatory action is needed because of changes occurring in the 
National Airspace System. These changes are designed to provide for the 
safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace under instrument 
conditions in the affected areas.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 URC, August 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure Standards Branch (AMCAFS-420), Flight 
Technologies and Programs Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South 
MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK. 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 
Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) telephone: (405) 954-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to part 95 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 95) amends, suspends, or revokes IFR 
altitudes governing the operation of all aircraft in flight over a 
specified route or any portion of that route, as well as the changeover 
points (COPs) for Federal airways, jet routes, or direct routes as 
prescribed in part 95.

The Rule

    The specified IFR altitudes, when used in conjunction with the 
prescribed changeover points for those routes, ensure navigation aid 
coverage that is adequate for safe flight operations and free of 
frequency interference. The reasons and circumstances that create the 
need for this amendment involve matters of flight safety and 
operational efficiency in the National Airspace System, are related to 
published aeronautical charts that are essential to the user, and 
provide for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace. In 
addition, those various reasons or circumstances require making this 
amendment effective before the next scheduled charting and publication 
date of the flight information to assure its timely availability to the 
user. The effective date of this amendment reflects those 
considerations. In view of the close and immediate relationship between 
these regulatory changes and safety in air commerce, I find that notice 
and public procedure before adopting this amendment are impracticable 
and contrary to the public interest and that good cause exists for 
making the amendment effective in less than 30 days. The FAA has 
determined that this regulation only involves an established body of 
technical regulations for which frequent and routine amendments are

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necessary to keep them operationally current.
    It, therefore--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA 
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 95

    Airspace Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1998.
Tom E. Stuckey,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the 
Administrator, part 95 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 
95) is amended as follows effective at 0901 UTC,

PART 95--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 95 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40106, 40113, 40114, 40120, 
44502, 44514, 44719, 44721.

    2. Part 95 is amended to read as follows:

    Revisions to Minimum Enroute IFR Altitudes and Changeover Points    
             [Amendment 410 effective date, August 13, 1998]            
                                                                        
               From                           To                 MEA    
     Sec.  95.6001  VOR Federal Airway 1 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Salisbury, MD VORTAC.............  Waterloo, DE VOR/DME....        *5000
    *1800-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6016  VOR Federal Airway 16 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Tappa, VA FIX....................  Colin, VA FIX...........        *4000
    *1500-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6020  VOR Federal Airway 20 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Tappa, VA FIX....................  Colin, VA FIX...........        *4000
    *1500-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6029  VOR Federal Airway 29 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Salisbury, MD VORTAC.............  Lafln, DE FIX...........        *5000
    *1800-MOCA                                                          
Laflin, DE FIX...................  Smyrna, DE VORTAC.......         1800
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    Sec.  95.6044  VOR Federal Airway 44 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Paleo, MD FIX....................  Donil, DE FIX...........       *13000
    *7000-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6049  VOR Federal Airway 49 is Amended to Read in Part     
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Elked, AL FIX....................  Nashville, TN VORTAC....        *3500
    *2800-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6155  VOR Federal Airway 155 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Colliers, SC VORTAC..............  *Wider, SC FIX..........         2500
    *3000-MRA                                                           
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    Sec.  95.6157  VOR Federal Airway 157 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Key West, FL VORTAC..............  *Famin, FL FIX..........       **5000
    *5700-MRA                                                           
    **1300-MOCA                                                         
Famin, FL FIX....................  Dolphin, FL VORTAC......        *5000
    *1500-MOCA                                                          
Tappa, VA FIX....................   Colin, VA FIX..........        *4000
    *1500-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6159  VOR Federal Airway 159 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Vulcan, AL VORTAC................  Hamilton, AL VORTAC.....        *2600
    *2200-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6213  VOR Federal Airway 213 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Tappa, VA FIX....................  Colin, VA FIX...........        *4000

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    *1500-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6218  VOR Federal Airway 218 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Waukon, IA VORTAC................  *Baulk, WI FIX..........       **4000
    *4000-MRA                                                           
    **300-MOCA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6267  VOR Federal Airway 267 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Pahokee, FL VORTAC...............  Diddy, FL FIX...........        *2000
    *1400-MOCA                                                          
Diddy, FL FIX....................  Orlando, FL VORTAC......         2600
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    Sec.  95.6295  VOR Federal Airway 295 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Vero Beach, FL VORTAC............  Orlando, FL VORTAC......         2600
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    Sec.  95.6296  VOR Federal Airway 296 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Fayetteville, NC VOR/DME.........  * Gands, NC FIX.........         2000
    * 3000-MRA                                                          
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Gands, NC FIX, NC VOR/DME........  * Urrie, NC FIX.........         2000
    * 3000-MRA                                                          
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    Sec.  95.6310  VOR Federal Airway 310 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Burch, NC FIX....................  Greensboro, NC VORTAC...         3500
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    Sec.  95.6345  VOR Federal Airway 345 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Dells, WI VORTAC.................  Milto, WI FIX...........       * 3500
    * 2800-MOCA                                                         
Falen, WI FIX....................  Eau Claire, WI VORTAC...         3500
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    Sec.  95.6359  VOR Federal Airway 359 is Amended to Read in Part    
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U.S. Mexican Border..............  Laredo, TX VORTAC.......       * 3000
    * 2500-MOCA                                                         
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    Sec.  95.6441  VOR Federal Airway 441 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Melbourne, FL VOR/DME............  Lakeland, FLVORTAC......         2600
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    Sec.  95.6529  VOR Federal Airway 529 is Amended to Read in Part    
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* Famin, FL FIX..................  Swags, FL FIX...........       * 5700
    5700-MRA                                                            
    ** 1500-MOCA                                                        
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    Sec.  95.6531  VOR Federal Airway 531 is Amended to Read in Part    
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Bairn, FL FIX....................  Orlando, FL VORTAC......         2600
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         Sec.  95.6605  VOR Federal Airway 605 is Added to Read         
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Spartanburg, SC VORTAC...........  Genod, NC FIX...........        *5000
    *4200-MOCA                                                          
Genod, NC FIX....................  Holston Mountain, TN             8500
                                    VORTAC.                             
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 Sec.  95.6415  Hawaii VOR Federal Airway 15 is Amended to Read in Part 
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Paris, HI FIX....................  *Arbor, HI FIX..........       **4000
    *8000-MRA                                                           
    *3000-MOCA                                                          
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                     From                                         To                        MEA          MAA    
                    Sec.  95.7118  Jet Route No. 118 is Amended to Read in Part                                 
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Memphis, TN VORTAC............................  Choo Choo, TN VORTAC..................        18000        45000


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